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TechCrunchThe top AI announcements from Google I/O
Google’s going all-in on AI — and it wants you to know it. During the company’s keynote at its I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google mentioned “AI” more than 120 times. Google plans to use generative AI to organize entire Google Search results pages.
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Google is reinventing itself for the AI age
Google took back the AI crown during its I/O developer conference, but its reign could be short-lived.
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Three things we learned about Apple's AI plans from its earnings
Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't give much away about the company's AI plans on Thursday's Q2 earnings call with investors, but he did confirm a few tidbits about how the tech giant plans to move forward with artificial intelligence. Notably, his comments suggested that despite spending more than $100 billion on R&D over the last five years, Apple isn't planning to spin up too many new data centers to run or train AI models. While we've known this for some time — after all, Apple has been calling its M3 MacBook Airs the "best consumer laptop for AI" — the company shouted out on its earnings call how AI is being used across its products.
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Google TV to launch AI-generated movie descriptions
As anticipated, numerous AI-related announcements were made at this year's Google I/O 2024 conference, including the unveiling of a new feature for Google TV. Gemini, the company's family of generative AI models, will enhance the smart TV operating system so it can generate descriptions for movies and TV shows. When a description is missing on the home screen, the AI will fill it in automatically to ensure that viewers never have to wonder what a title is about, Google explains.
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Chuck Schumer is dropping the ball on regulating AI
A new legislative plan from a bipartisan group of senators outlines billions for AI research and development while passing the buck on regulation to various committees.
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The Shark AI robot vacuum and mop drops to a record low of $230 at Amazon
The Shark AI robot vacuum and mop has dropped to a record low of $230 at Amazon. This is a version of our favorite robovac, but doesn’t include the base.
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Android’s new Theft Detection Lock helps deter smartphone snatch and grabs
Google on Wednesday and its Google I/O 2024 developer conference announced an upcoming feature for Android called Theft Detection Lock, designed to protect against this growing threat. When triggered, the AI-powered feature will automatically lock the device down.
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Lawmakers call out eight automakers for sharing connected vehicle data
Eight automakers admitted to sharing location and other data with law enforcement without a warrant or owner consent.
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Google adds 'Web' search filter for showing old-school text links as AI rolls out
As Google revamps itself for the AI era, offering AI overviews within its search results, the company is introducing a new way to filter for just text-based links. According to Google, the new "Web" filter will appear either at the top of the results page or as part of the "More" option, depending on your query. The launch is an admission that sometimes people will want to just surface text-based links to web pages -- the classic blue links that today are often of secondary importance as Google either answers the question in its informational Knowledge Panels or, now, through AI experiments.
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Housing costs still push inflation higher but rise at slowest annual rate in two years
Shelter costs continued to pressure inflation in April, but a moderation continues and economists expect these pressure to ease in the months ahead.
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Used car prices fall again in April, down nearly 17% from pandemic highs
Vehicle prices continued their downward trend in April as costs continue to moderate from pandemic-era highs.
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Google will soon start using GenAI to organize some search results pages
At the Google I/O 2024 developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced that it plans to use generative AI to organize the entire search results page for some search results. The AI Overview feature becomes generally available Tuesday, after a stint in Google's AI Labs program. A search results page using generative AI for its ranking mechanism will have wide-reaching consequences for online publishers.
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Google Photos introduces an AI search feature, Ask Photos
Google Photos is getting an AI infusion with the launch of an experimental feature, Ask Photos, powered by Google's Gemini AI model. The new feature, which rolls out later this summer, will allow users to search across their Google Photos collection using natural language queries that leverage an AI's understanding of their photo's content and other metadata. While before users could search for specific people, places or things in their photos, thanks to natural language processing, the AI upgrade will make finding the right content more intuitive and less of a manual search process, Google announced Tuesday at its annual Google I/O 2024 developer conference.
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Google I/O 2024: Everything revealed including Gemini AI, Android 15 and more
Here's all the big news that Google announced at I/O 2024 in a single place.
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With Gemini Live, Google wants you to relax and have a natural chat with AI
At Google I/O today, the company showed off Gemini Live, a new mobile experience for natural conversations with its AI.
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Google debuts a slew of generative AI features as fight with rivals OpenAI, Microsoft, and Apple heats up
Google debuted a host of AI features for its Android and Workspace platforms during its Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday.
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Gemini will be accessible in the side panel on Google apps like Gmail and Docs
Google is adding Gemini-powered AI automation to more tasks in Workspace. In its Google I/O keynote, the company said Gemini 1.5 Pro will soon be available in the Workspace side panel.
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Google builds Gemini right into Android, adding contextual awareness within apps
Google just announced some changes to Gemini on Android at I/O 2024. The chatbot can now contextually analyze specific apps and provide relevant suggested actions.
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Google Project Astra hands-on: Full of potential, but it’s going to be a while
At Google I/O 2024, Google gave us a glimpse at what next-gen AI could do, but after trying it out, it's clear it won't arrive anytime soon.
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Google's image-generating AI gets an upgrade
Google’s upgrading its image-generation tech to keep apace with rivals. At the company's I/O developer conference in Mountain View on Tuesday, Google announced Imagen 3, the latest in the tech giant's Imagen generative AI model family. Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind, Google's AI research division, said that Imagen 3 more accurately understands the text prompts that it translates into images versus its predecessor, Imagen 2, and is more “creative and detailed” in its generations.